Emergency officials in Fayette and Greene counties are asking people to avoid outdoor burning after the state announced Thursday the two counties are at an elevated risk for wildfires. The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources placed Fayette and Greene in the 鈥渉igh鈥� level ...
HONOLULU (AP) 鈥� A wildfire burning in a remote Hawaii rainforest is underscoring a new reality for the normally lush island state just a few months after a devastating blaze on a neighboring island leveled an entire town and killed at least 99 people.No one was injured and no homes burned in ...
FORT MCMURRAY, Canada (AP) 鈥� During a May wildfire that scorched a vast swath of spruce and pine forest in northwestern Canada, Julia Cardinal lost a riverside cabin that was many things to her: retirement project, gift from from her husband, and somewhere to live by nature, as her family had ...
The last 12 months were the hottest Earth has ever recorded, according to a new report by Climate Central, a nonprofit science research group.The peer-reviewed report says burning gasoline, coal, natural gas and other fossil fuels that release <a ...
HONOLULU (AP) 鈥� Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Wednesday announced the creation of a $150 million fund to help those who lost family members or who were injured in <a ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) 鈥� North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency Wednesday to help fight wildfires especially in the western part of the state, where an outdoor burning ban is in place.The <a ...
